Tag: execution’
Louis Bernard Gaskin: Killer has huge feast of pork, turkey and shrimp before execution
Arthur Brown defiant before execution and calls his death ‘murder of an innocent man’
Gary Green: Killer begs victim’s family to forgive him moments before execution
Donald Dillbeck who slit woman’s throat tells governor ‘suck our d***s’ before execution
Death row inmate Wesley Ruiz says ‘I’m ready to fly’ in last words before execution
Wesley Ruiz execution: Man who killed cop put to death despite ‘racist jury’ appeal
Amber McLaughlin execution: First transgender woman put to death in the US
Linux Kernel Security Bug Allows Remote Code Execution for Authenticated Remote Users
Originally, the Zero Day Initiative ZDI rated it a perfect 10 on the 0 to 10 common Vulnerability Scoring System scale. Now, the hole’s “only” a 9.6….
The problem lies in the Linux 5.15 in-kernel Server Message Block (SMB) server, ksmbd. The specific flaw exists within the processing of SMB2_TREE_DISCONNECT commands. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the kernel context. This new program, which was introduced to the kernel in 2021, was developed by Samsung. Its point was to deliver speedy SMB3 file-serving performance….
Any distro using the Linux kernel 5.15 or above is potentially vulnerable. This includes Ubuntu 22.04, and its descendants; Deepin Linux 20.3; and Slackware 15.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Innovation vs. execution: You have to have both
As 2023 approaches, I’m hearing a lot about what companies will be announcing at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES). One pitch that stood out for me has a shot at owning the show in terms of innovation — and since CES is the first big tech event of the year, it would make this company an innovation leader for the new year.
But innovation carries risk. And while this company is not risk-averse, many are, making the innovation path problematic.
Let’s think about the yin and yang of innovation vs. execution, and why execution and tolerance for failure are critical to real innovation.
Winning the smartphone world
One of the most seemingly innovative products so far this century is Apple’s iPhone, which arrived in 2007. But about five years before that, Phillips had showcased a similar concept; a year before that, LG brought a similar product to market; and both Microsoft (a client of the author) and Palm had working groups on iPhone-like products.